Game



Dec. 29 1925.

T. KN UTSON GAME Filed April 16, 1925 Patented Dec. 29, 1925.

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Application filed April 16, 1925. Serial lo. 28,565.

. To all whom it concern.

Be it known that I, THEODORE KNUTSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fertile, in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in games, and particularly to agame using blocks and cards in associated and cooperative relation forplaying the game.

An object of the invention resides in providing a game box formed of apair of separable sections'hinged together on one edge for receiving aplurality of blocks of cube form and provided with suitable indicia onthe opposite faces thereof, with which are associated playing cardshaving indicia thereon similar to the indicia on one face of the blocks,so that the cards may be used for determining the position of the blocksin the box to produce the result of the game played.

The invention includes other objects and improvements in the playing ofgames which are more particularly pointed out in the followingdescription and claims directed to a preferred form of the invention, itbeing understood, however, that various combinations and variations maybe made, in the playing of the game, without departing from the splritor scope of the invention as described and claimed herewith.

In the drawings, forming part of this application s Figure 1 is a viewof the box having the sections opened out, and one side shown asprovided with a group of the blocks placed as a result of playing thegame with the cards.

Figure 2 is a view, similar to Figure 1, in which the blocks have beenturned over into the opposite section of the box, for dis-v cooperationin opposed relation. This cooperative relation of the sections 1 and 2is illustrated in' Figure 3 of the wherein it will be seen that theblocks 4 in the form of cubes are of a size to fit between the'backs ofthe sections in this relation.

On one face, each of the blocks is provided I with suitable indicia,indicating a number or a letter for identifying the block, or if desireda combination of number and letter indicia may be used, such asindicated at 5, in Flgure 1,- while the opposite face of each block isprovided with word indicating indicla as illustrated at 6, in Fgure 2,the remaining spaces being left plain.

Of these blocks, there are provided two groups, one of which is providedwith plain uncolored surfaces, while the other group of blocks have thefaces thereof colored as indicated at 7. Two groups of cards, Indicatedat 8 and 9 respectively, in Figures 4 and 5 respectively are provided,and each card is marked with the indicia 5, corresponding with each ofthe blocks used, the cards corresponding with the plane groups of blockshaving plain or white surfaces, while the other roup of cards for thecolored group of bloc s are provided with similar colored surfaces, asillustrated in Figure 5. The two different groups of cards and blocksare rovided, so that the game may be played y placing the blocks in twod1rections in the box section to add drawings,

difliculty to the game, requiring thought, in

order to properly arrange the blocks of both series, to fill the boxsections defined by the bar member completely, in order to complete aparticular game. ,1

In addition to the above grou s of blocks, there are provided a group ofbooks having black faces as illustrated at 10, in Figure 2. A bar member11 is provided for insertion transversely between the sides 'of the boxsections, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 to form the bottom side ofthe uzzle space.

With the box blocks and t e ieces above described, and it being desireto play a game with this apparatus, .the cards are placed in a pack, andthoroughly shufiled in the usual manner, and laced on their backs, andfrom the cards w ch are drawn in succession by the player using the amefor telling the fortune of another. A Flack block is always placed inthe corner where the game is started, and upon the drawing of the firstcard, if the same is white, for instance, the card indicated by theindicia 1 A, all of'the blocks having an A designation thereon arepicked out of the assem- 5 bled blocks which are all turned to indicatetheir indicia as illustrated, in Figure 1, and the same are placed inthe order illustrated.

either transversely across the top of the the box, all subsequent lightblocks will be placed consecutively across the box. The pro ssion ismade downwardly, as a cross section is filled up, to the next succeedingrow below. If a red card is drawn, such as is indicated at 9 in Figure5the blocks of this group are placed in the box, in an angular directionwith respect to the blocks of the other group,'and in the present caseare placed longitudinally of the box section. The cards are successivelydrawn, until a s ace designated by the bar 11 is entirely filled withblocks to form the result desire to tell the fortune of the player..After drawin each card and the placing of the blocks in the group inproper relation, as illustrated, a black block is'always placed at theend of the group, in the manner as shown in Figure 1, and the next oupdrawnwill be placed starting with the lank space adjacent the last blackblock.

After a section of the box defined by the bar 11 is filled with theblocks, as illustrated in Figure 1, by the drawing of the cardssuccessively, in the manner above set forth, the section 1 of the box isclosed onto the section 2, as illustrated in Figure 3, and the sameturned over, after which the secleaves the b ocks in the section'l ofthe box displayin% the opposite faces from that shown in igure 1. Onthese opposite faces are the letter characters designating words as at6, and as shown in Fi re 2 combine to form sentences for indicating thefortune of the player for whom the cards were tion 2 is 0 en from thesection 1, which drawn, and which show the result and objective of thegame.

s It will be seen from the-above descri tion that a novel form of gameis provide for fortune telling purposes, in which innumerablecombinatlons of sentences will be made,- by the relation of the drawingof the cards, every card indicates one sentence and shows how manyblocks 'each sentence shouldhave.

What ls'claimed is:

1. A game of the class described comprising a box formed of a pair ofmating sections hinged together at one side for cooperation in opposedrelation, a-bar member for dividing said box into predeterminedsections, and a plurality of cubic blocks;

rovided with indicating indicia on one ace and other indicia on theopposite face, and controlling means for determining the sition of theblocks in one section of the x determined by said bar member. 1

2. A game of the class described, com- 7 prising a pair of duplicate boxforming sections hinged together for cooperation in opposed relation, abar member ada ted for positioning transversely of said K sections todivide off predetermined ortions thereof, a plurality of cubic block eements, predetermined of said block elements bemg arranged in groups,and means for distinguishing the blocks of each group, said grou s'ofblock elements being provided on one ace with indicating indicia and onthe opposite face with suitable word indicia, a plurality of blackspacing blocks, and a change controlled means formed with duplicateindications of all of said indicia in both of the groups of blocks and oerable to control the positioning of the bloc in said box sections.

3. A game of the class described compris-. ing a box formed of a pair ofmating sections hinged together at one side for cooperation in op osedrelation, and a plurality of cubic bloc provided with indicating indiciaon one face and other indicia on the opposite face and controlling meansfor determining the position of the blocks in one section of the box.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THEODORE KNUTSON.

